Rail joint



May 1924.

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Patented May 6, 1924.

UNITED ST r es MAT BAonKovIcH, or saisit-Aron, Wiisfr vInGINIA, AssIeNon or ONE-HALF To `lunari.' SIKUTRICK, or Mona, wEs'r VIRGINIA.

RAIL JOINT.

Application led January 3, 1924. Serial No. 684,217.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, MAT BAonKovIoH,l

a citizen ot Yugoslavia, resi-ding at Sabraton, in the county of Monongalia'and State of "West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in rail joints and has for its primary object to provide an auto-` matic locking device for retaining the meeting rail'ends in position within a joint chair.

Another object of the invention is to provide a rail joint wherein a spring plate or strip removably supported upon the bottom wall of the joint chair is adapted i'or interlocking engagement with the lower faces ot' the meeting rail ends to retain the rail ends in an anchored position within the joint chair.

lVith the above general objects in view and others that will become apparent as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists ot the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view, partly in section showing the meeting ends ot rails anchored within a joint chair with the resilient locking strip interlocked with the adjacent ends of the meeting rails.

Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line II--II of Fig. l,

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line III-HI of Fig. 4 showing the resilient locking strip supported upon the bottom wall of the joint chair,

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line IV-IV ot' Fig. 1,

Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view taken on line V-V of Fig. 1,

Figure 6 is a perspective view ot one end of a rail in inverted position showing the pocket in the lower tace of the railbase for cooperation with the resilient locking strip, and y Figure 7 is a perspective view ot the locking strip.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawing, the reference numeral 1 designates the meeting rail ends that are anchored in the joint chair, the rail ends being of identical construction andeach embodying the usual tread 2. webb and the base 1l. As shown more clearly in Figs. l

and 6, a recess or pocket 5 is formed in thel lower tace of the rail hase 4' and is of gradu-v The joint chair includes a base plate 8 having spike receiving openings 9 adjacent i the corners thereof 'for anchoring the joint chair to supporting ties while a longitudinally vextending centrally positioned recess 10 is formed in the upper face of the base plate 8 that gradually increases in depth as at 10a toward the center of the plate.

A resilient rail engaging locking stripll is disposed in the recess 10 and removal thereof is facilitated by the end notches 12 in the end walls of the recess as shown in Fig. 3. The resilient strip 11 intermediate the ends thereof is provided with a pair of lugs 13 formed integral with the strip and of gradually increasing height from the points 14 to the shoulders 15 that are spaced from each other to provide an intervening recess 16.

One side of the base plate 8 of the joint chair has a fish plate 17 formed integral therewith while an upstanding flange 18 carried by the other side ot the base plate 8 cooperates with removable splice bars 19, securing bolts 20 passing through the splice bars 17 19 and the rail webs 3 for further4 anchoring the meeting rail ends in position.

lVith the splice bar section 19 removed,

the meeting rail ends may be laterally moved into position or assembledin the rail chair by endwise movement with the rail base 4 supported upon the upper tace ot the base plate 8 of the joint chair and with the adjacent ends ot the rail faces moving over the upper surface ot the resilient strip 11 to engage the lugs 18 `tor depressing the saine during the assembling of the rail sections. When the meeting rail ends are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the shoulder 15 ot the `lug 13 escapes the shoulder 7 in the recess 5 of the rail base with the lug 13 bodily moving into the rail base recesses to form an interlocking connection between the meeting rail ends and the joint chair, the central portion ot the resilient strip at this time being elevated from the groove portion l()a in the base of the joint chair and so retained by the resiliency'thereof.

While there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed as new is 1. In rail joint of the class described, meeting rail ends, a joint chair supporting the rail ends, and cooperating means carried by the chair and rail ends for automa-tically locking the rail ends in the chair, said cooperating means including a resilient strip carried by the joint chair adapted for interlocking engagement with the rail ends.

2.' In a rail joint of the class described, meeting rail ends, a joint chair supporting the rail ends, cooperating means carried by the chair and rail ends for automatically locking the rail ends in the chair, said cooperating means including a resilient strip carried by the joint chair, spaced upstanding beveled lugs carried by the strip and the lower faces of the rail ends having recesses therein for the reception of the strip lugs.

3. In a rail joint of the class described, meeting rail ends, a joint chair-supporting the rail ends, coperating means carried by the chair and rail ends for automatically locking the rail ends in the chair, said cooperating means including a resilient strip carried by the joint chair adapted for inter locking engagement with the rail ends, an integral splice bar carried by one side of the base, a removable splice bar for the other side and lock bolts passing through the' splice bars and rail webs.

4. In a rail joint of the class described,

meeting rail ends, a joint chair supporting y the rail ends, cooperating means carried by f 

